Children waiting for adoption are in DFPS' permanent managing conservatorship (PMC), have parental rights terminated, have a permanency goal of adoption and are not currently in an adoptive placement. This chart includes the count of children waiting adoption on August 31 and the average length of time since DPFS received Temporary Managing Conservatorship, usually granted at the time of removal from the home.

Population Data Source: Population Estimates and Projections Program, Texas State Data Center, Office of the State Demographer and the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research, The University of Texas at San Antonio.

The Current Population Estimates and Projections Data are as of September 2017.